Mamdani denies using AI in videos speaking Mandarin, Bengali to promote Broadway ticket giveaway

Hizzoner is giving lip to critics who claim he used AI for city videos showing him speaking high-level Mandarin and Bengali. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team flatly denied that artificial intelligence was used in the pair of clips he released last week to promote the city’s giveaway of 2,000 free Broadway show tickets for h

NEW YORK – From the moment the video dropped showing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani looking direct to camera and speaking surprisingly good Mandarin, it created buzz online.Had he been taking secret language lessons? Faking fluency with artificial intelligence? Or maybe he had just been super diligent with Duolingo

Mayor Zohran Mamdani released videos in three languages to highlight a program that offers free theater tickets to high school students. His Mandarin earned some praise.